#MyMississippi prepares to rally

Earlier this fall, songwriter Tena Clark debuted “My, My Mississippi,” a gospel anthem for a troubled moment. The song was inspired by the state’s H.B. 1523, which permits discrimination on the grounds that it is protecting the rights of individuals to believe in ‘traditional’ marriage, that sex has no place outside of marriage, and that gender is binary and immutably determined at birth.

Clark’s song is a call to the LGBTQ community and allies in the Magnolia State who want something different for their home — something that looks more like acceptance and equality.

It’s a lyrically and musically gorgeous piece, so I do advice you listen. What I like about it, above all else, is that you can hear the heartache in her words. She isn’t writing from a place of anger or scorn, but love and a desperate desire to see change.